Mercedes gets big electric van order from Amazon
Amazon says it’s buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz, the biggest such order for the German automaker to date By The Associated Press August 28, 2020, 7:29 AM • … Read More
Month: August 2020
EU to blacklist up to 20 Belarus officials to press leader
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to slap sanctions on up to 20 Belarus officials over election fraud and violence against protesters By The Associated Press August 28, 2020, 7:10 … Read More
The President’s demagogic convention speech played out before a norm-crushing White House backdrop in a potential super spreader viral event
It exemplified why Democrats warn he must be driven from power at all costs — and why he may win a second term anyway. After two weeks of dueling conventions, … Read More
£465,000 legal aid for PC Andrew Harper’s killers with his widow Lissie ‘horrified’ by figure
PC Andrew Harper’s ‘horrified’ widow blasts ‘price of injustice’ as it’s revealed his killers received £465,000 taxpayer-funded legal aid for lawyers who helped them avoid life sentences Legal aid sum … Read More
EastEnders bosses reveal secrets to filming during COVID-19 crisis as soap returns to screens
Coming to a (small) screen near you… EastEnders bosses reveal how they are using real-life partners as body doubles, CGI trickery and kissing through Perspex screens to film during COVID-19 … Read More
Small businesses in college towns struggle without students
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Perry Porikos sat in the street outside one of his five businesses, in a makeshift patio area that didn’t exist before the COVID-19 pandemic sent his … Read More
Markets higher as Fed chair says interest rates to stay low
Markets are mostly higher in Asia after the Federal Reserve said it might keep interest rates low, but shares in Japan retreated amid reports Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to … Read More
Japan’s PM Abe ‘is set to resign due to ill health’
Japan’s PM Abe ‘is set to resign due to ill health’ after recent hospital visits and claims he had been vomiting blood Speculation about the health of Shinzo Abe, 65, … Read More
Deportation flight is cancelled after last-minute legal challenges
Priti Patel’s bid to deport 23 cross-Channel migrants to SPAIN fails when flight is stopped by last-minute legal challenges – as Home Office is criticised for ‘Dad’s Army’ video blaming … Read More
Fact-checking the last night of the RNC
CNN counted more than 20 false, exaggerated or misleading claims from Trump on Thursday night. That’s in addition to a number of falsehoods from other speakers. In his scripted remarks, … Read More
